McCloskey's rhetoric : discourse ethics in economics

Benjamin Balak

The rhetoric of economics has long claimed scientific objectivity, however the late, great economist Joan Robinson argued that 'the purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.' This unique book examines the use of rhetoric in economics, focusing on the work of Deirdre McCloskey and other major economic philosophers. McCloskey is one of the most recognizable names in economics, yet this is the first real attempt to analyze her work in book form. She views economics as a language that uses all the rhetorical devices of everyday conversation, and her controversial standpoint on judging economics by aesthetic and literary standards has been hugely influential. Utilizing the views of Derrida and Foucualt amongst others, Benjamin Balak analyzes McCloskey's major texts and critically evaluates the linguistic, literary and philosophical approaches they introduce. This long overdue examination of the methodological and philosophical consequences of McCloskey's work will be of interest to philosophers and economists alike.

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  • TABLE OF CONTENTS: (1) EXORDIUM: THE RHETORIC OF ECONOMICS (2) NARRATION: MCCLOSKEY'S CRITIQUES OF ECONOMICS Exordium: The Vices of Economics The Arrogance of Social Engineering The Futility of Blackboard Economics The Irrelevance of Statistical Significance The Virtues of the Bourgeoisie Narration: The Conversation of Economics What is Literary or Critical Theory? Readings and interpretations -- the focus shifts What is Deconstruction? Division: The Inconsistency of Economic Methodology Theorem of Intellectual Modesty -- "if you're so smart" Maxim of Intellectual Exchange -- "economist, perform thy trade" Paradox of Persuasion -- "talk is not cheap" Proof: The Style of Mathematical Formalism Refutation: The Problems of Epistemology and Truth Peroration (3) DIVISION: THE MA KI DIAGNOSIS Context Concept of Rhetoric Theory of Truth Social Organization of Economics McCloskey's Reply to Maki (4) PROOF: THE RHETORIC OF TRUTH Modern Epistemology Against Analytical Philosophy The Production of Knowledge The New-Realists: Critical and Transcendental Anti-Methodology The "Straw-Woman" of Postmodernism Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? The Sokal Hoax Framing the Internal with the External Texts and (Hi)stories (5) REFUTATION: BEYOND ETHICAL NEUTRALITY Why Use Deconstruction? A critical history of the basic epistemological unit: the fact Economics and ethics The ethical foundations of the theory of rationality Specific Moral Acts and the General Structure of Ethics Darwinian Ethics Postmodern Ethics?! (6) PERORATION: THE (LOWERCASE-T) TRUTH ABOUT MCCLOSKEY (7) APPENDIX I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (8) APPENDIX II: THE ETHICAL STRATA IN ECONOMIC THEORY (9) BIBLIOGRAPHY

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書名 McCloskey's rhetoric : discourse ethics in economics
著作者等 Balak Benjamin
シリーズ名 Routledge INEM advances in economic methodology
出版元 Routledge
刊行年月 c2006
ページ数 142 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 0415316820
NCID BA7488624X
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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